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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1923
Page
1
County officials including Clerk Superior Court Tax Collector Tax Receiver Coroner Surveyor and more are named along with road and revenue leaders. Local church listings for Baptist Methodist Presbyterian and Church of God note pastors service times and Sunday School details with a Nugget Office line offering court blanks and deeds.
The Wall County National Farm Loan Association offers loans up to 40 percent of land value and 20 percent of improvements to Lumpkin county farmers. Applications must be in by August 1 for the current quarter, with funds disbursed in early fall. For information contact L. O. Loudermilk, Secretary and Treasurer, at Jewell and Loudermilk Warehouse in Gainesville, Ga.
Faire Isle lies three miles long between Orkney and Shetland off Scotland. A Sixteenth century ship, the Armada flagship carrying the Duke of Medina Sidonia, wrecked nearby. Spaniards later taught islanders knitting, creating a demand for sweaters that lets women knit while men do housework.
The article states farms need four horses each across six and a half million holdings, totaling 26,000,000 horsepower from the single source. This matches roughly the 1922 capacity of all U S central steam plants. Including internal combustion engines windmills and motors on farms, the total grows to a startling magnitude.
The plan aims to cut the Paris to London air fare to two shillings per mile from four and a half. Traffic volume will determine success as trips are mainly tourist oriented and irregular. As service quality improves the route may attract more business travelers.
Dr. John B. Horner of Oregon Agricultural College argues Willamette valley mound builders shared a common hieroglyphic and pictograph language with Calapoola, Columbia river sun worshipers, and ancient Mexicans and South Americans. He notes debate on origin and suggests the Indian is a development of the mound builders.
The piece recounts Native and Indigenous origin stories for Mackinac Island. It notes Moschenemacenung meaning great turtle, later Michillimackinack, and two creation myths involving the Great Spirit and Lake Huron. One tale has a turtle sleeping on the island. another describes sand floating on the lake forming the earth.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes that among ten books a marooned passenger might choose a dream book rather than a cookbook for an island library. cooking would be primitive with boiling frying or spit roasting.
Lieutenant William Cox of the police booze squad testifies in city court about a raid at 226 West Wyoming Street. Samuel King and two others were arrested on blind tiger charges after a gold watch was found near a broken bottle of whisky. King denies breaking the bottle or owning the watch. no claimant appears and the court leaves the watch with the officer.
In 1915 during Armenian deportations to the Arabian desert a Turkish officer stole two year old boy from Mrs. B. Torosian. She branded him with a knife two rows of perpendicular cuts on his shoulders. The brand helped identify him years later and he was reunited with his mother in California. Miss Caroline McAfee aided by Near East workers tracked the boy through refugee crowds. The Turkish captors treated the brand as an omen and sold him for 50 cents to an Armenian family. The ten year old now lives with his mother again and they start anew. A circus of irony closes with a rhymed aside about baker’s man.
Rev. John K. Paxton, longtime New York clergyman, dies leaving an estate valued at 1 100 000 dollars. Forbes Magazine notes the fortune arose from fortunate investments guided by influential friends.
A Kansas City Star quip notes motorcars are popular in a small city with about 40 percent of men owning cars. Twenty percent more seek to swap or buy on credit, one percent is considered ignorant, and the rest are suspected of planning theft.
A mother recalls Billy was given a quarter to buy salmon but returned late without it. He says he forgot the instructions and, thinking of a quarter, chose a haircut instead.
A London report states more than 7,000,000 has been gathered on the streets by public solicitation for charitable purposes during the past seven years. The documented cost of collection is 12 1 4 per cent.
Detroit News notes a farmer's old horse hauling a vehicle from mire would offend many motorists. A buggy was witnessed being towed on the city’s outskirts by a small automobile, the sight provoking amused commentary.
The British disposal board has collected three billion dollars or more and will hand about one hundred million to the government. The department cut staff from 1500 to about 700 while handling remnants of war stores estimated at fifty million dollars. The stores include lands and factories, tanks, needles, railways, armchairs, plows, beds, horses, battleships and thousands of other items.
Board of Trade estimates 6.4 billion board feet of maple elm oak ash and birch remain in the Sault Ste Marie Ontario district. At current cutting rates, without growth, the supply would be exhausted in about 20 years. Interest from several United States lumbermen noted.
In Clappboard Springs Tobe Sagg curses a brother-in-law as lazy and no-count, while Mrs. Sagg questions his jealousy amid the dispute. The Kansas City Star reports the exchange as a vivid domestic flare-up.
A plan to explore British New Quince interior unseen by whites aims to assess economic value for the empire and expand scientific knowledge. An advance party will select a harbor base while 80 expedition members include experts in multiple fields and a nontechnical staff of eight. Police protection is planned for 100 men.
A proposed English law would restrict rightful heirs to within a second cousin. If no nearer kin exists, property reverts to the crown under the statute in cases of intestate death.
A quotation from the Louisville Courier Journal shows a husband scolding his wife for spending money on flowers and fixings while asking what they will eat tonight. The reply is sausage, framed as a critique of indulgence and expense.
Mrs. T. H. Jones announces new stock including ginghams silk and other dress goods tennis shoes and assorted items. Customers invited to call and inspect the offerings with ginghams priced 15 to 35 cents a yard and other goods at reasonable prices.
The Teachers Examination will be held at North Georgia Agricultural College on Friday and Saturday August 8 and 4 1928. Examinations start at 8 30 AM with a noon break 12 30 1 30 PM each day. The first day covers assistants and readings for license renewal. second day covers all grades and high school, with separate licenses issued for each day. Books for renewal and high school supervision listed with prices and postpaid options. July 3 1923 OC Lauriz County Superintendent of Schools.
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